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Today is May 5

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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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Fearless in End
New York Daily News, June 15, 2017
Obituary of Jimmy Piersall, author of Fear Strikes Out and the Met who celebrated his 100th home run by running backwards around the bases. (He still went counter-clockwise, but he was facing in the opposite direction.)
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Billy Murphy
Born: May 7, 1944
at Pineville, La.
Died: May 13, 2024 at Tacoma, Wash.
Murphy
Years with Mets: 1966

84 games. 3 hr, 13 rbi, 0.230
15 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
2006 Game Results
06/19 Reds 4, Mets 2 Hernandez (L, 2-2)
06/20 Mets 9, Reds 2 Trachsel (W, 5-4)
06/21 Reds 6, Mets 5 Wagner (L, 3-1)
06/22 Mets 6, Reds 2 Martinez (W, 7-3)
07/18 Mets 8, Reds 3 Pelfrey (W, 2-0)
07/19 Reds 7, Mets 4 Sanchez (L, 5-1)
07/20 Mets 4, Reds 2 Feliciano (W, 4-2)
2006 totals: 4 wins, 3 losses



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